Taraclia

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title: "Taraclia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-moldova", "cahul-county-(romania)", "taraclia-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraclia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Taraclia (; ) is a city located in the south of Moldova. It is the capital of Taraclia District, bordered by the autonomous region of Gagauzia, by the Cahul District and the Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. The great majority of its inhabitants are ethnic Bulgarians.

The Taraclia State University, co-funded by Bulgaria and Moldova, was established in 2004. The languages of education are Bulgarian and Romanian.

History

According to official figures, Taraclia was founded in 1813 by Bulgarian immigrants, although they have been settling there much earlier. The city is one of the oldest Bulgarian settlements of the nineteenth century in what was then the southern Bessarabia.

The first settlers arrived at Taraclia during the Russo-Turkish war of 1806–1812. In 1821 it has settled a large group, which was originally located in the nearby village Aluatu. After the Russo-Turkish war of 1828–1829 a large proportion of Bulgarian immigrants settled in Bessarabia and specially in Taraclia, about 49 families have settled in the city. The last wave of migration happened in 1854, when 241 people settled there. Having the rights of colonists, they built houses and churches and had children, taking advantage of several decades of privileges granted to them by the Tsarist Russian government.

In the middle of the 19th century, the famous explorer Apollon Skalkowski wrote about them: "Residents, good hosts, herds of large cattle, sheep, and a great deal to the success of horticulture and viticulture, and women bred mulberry trees, collect the cocoons and have silk in large quantities"

During the interwar period, the city was the seat of Plasa Traian, in Cahul County, Romania.

Demographics

According to the 2024 census, 10,021 inhabitants lived in Taraclia, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2014, when 12,355 inhabitants were registered.

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|type = |footnote = |1930 | 8507 |1959 | 5986 |1970 | 11336 |1979 | 11717 |1989 | 14726 |2004 | 13756 |2014 | 12355 |2024 | 10021

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Notable people

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova

Twin towns – Sister cities

Taraclia is twinned with:

References

References

  1. (2017). "Characteristics – Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)". [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]].
  2. см.: Кабузан В.М. Народонаселение Бессарабской области и левобережных районов Приднестровья. М., 1974. С.88
  3. "О Тараклии".
  4. "О Тараклии".
  5. "Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor 2024: Caracteristici etnoculturale ale populației". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang.
  6. "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang.

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